Toe portion of boots and shoes.



J. E. TRAVER. TOE PORTION OF BOOTS AND SHOES. APPUCATION FILED JUNE 21. m5.

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INVENTOR Jay E Traa/en E, TRAVEE, OF NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, A CGREORATIQN Serial No. 353%.

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iii ustruted and describe my a, rubber sale, the invem ,Jeci; includes the inersely extending c016. ariveiy stifi toe-box of j between layers a? meter whatever, even of the toe-box d from being depressei lining 1' these in v v a 33 edges anu scum-Led b= an insole 1 the mammal annoyance and dis- Usoh as she 1'11 this instance um of the wearer 0f the boot or shoe. the same being In addition is distmfiing the cover 12 so *mar is present a b a d sr rib, die cord 15 by A fly inextensible will aiso a sire 331 of the uppar m the nwctiun with compesimain holding the toe belng of stiff naterial relatively to the inner layer for )reventing the head from belng depressed nwardly.

2. A shoe embodying a sole and an upper omprising a plurality of layers secured to aid sole, a toe-box inserted between and re iforcinr said l yers, said layers continu- 1g across said toe-box as a unitary integral structure, and a cord on said toe-box giving ed formation to the outer layer of the upper, the rubber of the toe-box and cord fornr ing a \ulcanized rubber bond Which unites the layers of the upper, the toe-box, and the cord together. A

l igued at Naugatuck, county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 17th day of June, 1915.

J. E. TRAVER. 

